diff --git a/srcpkgs/hub/template b/srcpkgs/hub/template
index 4517d5e22f5..13154be6909 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hub/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hub/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'hub'
 pkgname=hub
 version=2.14.2
-revision=4
+revision=5
 build_style=go
 go_import_path=github.com/github/hub
 hostmakedepends="git groff"
@@ -18,30 +18,33 @@ if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 fi
 
 post_install() {
-	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		vsed -e 's|bin/hub|hub|g' -i Makefile
+	# needs col(1), which is only built on glibc
+	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = glibc ]; then
+		if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+			vsed -e 's|bin/hub|hub|g' -i Makefile
 
-		(
-			# Build md2roff ourselves since it needs to be executed on
-			# the host, also use a subshell so we don't modify the
-			# environment of the main program
-			unset GOARCH GOARM GOOS
-			export CC="$CC_FOR_BUILD"
-			export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD"
-			go build -o bin/md2roff github.com/github/hub/md2roff-bin
-		)
+			(
+				# Build md2roff ourselves since it needs to be executed on
+				# the host, also use a subshell so we don't modify the
+				# environment of the main program
+				unset GOARCH GOARM GOOS
+				export CC="$CC_FOR_BUILD"
+				export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD"
+				go build -o bin/md2roff github.com/github/hub/md2roff-bin
+			)
+		fi
+
+		make man-pages
+
+		for m in share/man/man1/*.1; do
+			vman $m
+		done
+
+		for d in share/doc/hub-doc/*.html; do
+			vdoc $d
+		done
 	fi
 
-	make man-pages
-
-	for m in share/man/man1/*.1; do
-		vman $m
-	done
-
-	for d in share/doc/hub-doc/*.html; do
-		vdoc $d
-	done
-
 	vlicense LICENSE
 
 	vinstall etc/hub.zsh_completion 644 usr/share/zsh/site-functions _hub